Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-11
A MARINE ROMANCE.
Aubury Murray,s Varied and In
tereSting Career.


A MARINE ROMANCE.
Aubury HIurray,s Varied and In.
tcresting Career.
Aubury Murray joined the Marine
Corps the winter before last. He was
graduate of Cambridge College
England, and was related to the Muir
ray family, one of the oldest in Scot
land. He came to this country fifteer
years ago as journalist, and filled
that post with satisfaction for a mum
Der OF years. Being flighty and font
of romance, he took it into his head tt
join the United States Array, where he
served the greater part of ten years
The branch in which he served las
was the artillery at Fortress Monroe
Washington. He possessed all th'
accomplishments of highly edu
Gated gentleman-could speak Frencl
or Spanish with as much east
as he could his mother tongue
1t was while serving at th'
latter post he took up the cause o
temperance, whether from caprice o.
some ulterior motive it is hard tt
affirm. But being, as he was, an elo
quent man and excellent scholar, h'
soon distinguished himself among tht
little band as one possessing the yer!
abilities just needed to expostulate
with the frail members of humanity
to give up the joyless and self-destroy
ing cup, and to exhort those wh(
were still weak in the faith, anC
who occasionally gave way to their ole
habits, to abandon forever all asso
| Citations which might have thu
slightest tendency to draw them bach
again to such foul stuff.
While a member of this little
group, owing in measure to hi
eloquent appeals to the careless, bu
perhaps to the six feet one of com
manding humanity from which thes'
appeals of invitation and exhortatiol
flowed like the water coming iron
some fountain, fair young schoo
teacher became enamored with tn
soldier and the preacher OF temper
ance. And soon an Acquaintance
sprung up between them, The teache
was deep in love with Aubury tn
orator. He was no less affected
toward her, al&A during their early &C
quaintance he Told her something O
the family from which he had de
scended, which naturally bound tn
affections of the young woman to he
first lover For such was the case
She was only 10 years of age and wa
not a girl of the period, but one out c
a thousand who loved study and tn
pleasure OF literary career.
The writer has heard him affirm
that those meetings with the fai
school teacher were the most joyful Ii
ever had in his life, But all joy
transient, and SO in this case matter
began to threaten Aubury so omin
ously that if something was not don
Immediately things would eventual,
assume such an aspect as would maxi
it very unpleasant for him. So h,
applet for special discharg
from the service, which he re
ceived with some difficulty, al
frming that a job at journalism
awaited him in New York, which wa
true enough. He left his fair one il
Washington whilst he came to Ney
York. On his way from the Capital
he had the misfortune to fall in will
a fellow-traveler, with whom he haC
several drinks, and on their arriva
in New York the strange individual
invited Aubury to stay with hin
that night. He accepted 50 gra
cious an invitation and Wen
with his hospitable enemy. The
following morning when ht
awoke he found that he had beer
cruelty taken in among thieves, who
stripped him of his raiment and rob
bed him of his money, and left him
in such sorry plight that all the
clothes he had were the white shirt il
which he started on his journey, al
old hat, Zone of the old-fashioned cas-
tors,) a pair OF pants much too shor
for his long legs, and a frock jacket
with sleeves ditto.
In these garments he called on some
of the temperance fraternity for help,
stating how he had been robbed
emitting, OF course, that he had broken
his pledge. His story failed to move
their sympathy, and, as a conse-
quence, he Joined the Marine Corps
This was the best he could do under
the existing circumstances. He cor.
responded with the teacher in Wash.
ington, and rather than break her
heart altogether, he used equivoca.
ton, and by this means kept up hei
heart.
One thing, however, continually
haunted the footsteps of Aubury Muir
ray. That was the narrowing thought
of being sent to sea for three years
to be separated from her whom he
loved and for whom he meant to do
the right thing. Notwithstanding
their having loved too well-and
alas too fondly-he was an honorable
fellow, and in the end proved himself
to be so to the girl, at least.
A few days ago Murray, after COM
ing off guard, was ordered to get
ready to go on some ship. That was
the blow he dreaded. What was he
to do? Leave her in her sore misfor-
tune? No! Instead Of packing up
for boardship, he took such things as
he thought necessary, and bid Uncle
Sam fond goodbye.
Not many days ago Aubury Murray
and his fair yonng bride were seer
walking together, the very personifica.
ton of alphabetically Citizen
She Had Been There Herself
"Gerty, did show this engagement